Việt Nam News

Construction and development giant Becamex IDC and Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (NTT East) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding for building a smart city in the southern province of Bình Dương.

There is great potential for export of Vietnamese organic agricultural products the US and Europe, but businesses need guidance and support from trade promotion offices to achieve this.

Retail space is expected be abundant this year in Hà Nội with a total of 157,000 sq.m coming from eight projects under  development, according to the CBRE’s Real Estate Market Outlook in Việt Nam.

The exhibition and conference "Science and Technology for Agricultural Development in the South Central Coast - Central Highlands in 2018" will be held in Khánh Hòa Province’s Nha Trang city from June 28 to July 1.

Japanese businesses have become an important part of Hải Phòng’s economy, said municipal Party Committee Secretary Lê Văn Thanh at a conference in the northern port city on Saturday.

The exchange rate between the đồng and the US dollar will be stable and end at VNĐ22,900 per US dollar by the end of 2018, predicts Ngô ĐăngKhoa, head of Global Markets, HSBC Bank Việt Nam.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường visited Belgium and the European Union last week to promote agricultural cooperation with the two partners.

Despite the booming of logistics and e-commerce services, there is a lack of linkage between the two sectors, which might hamper their flourish, Trần Thanh Hải, deputy director of the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Since last year there has been a churn in the banking sector with some foreign investors selling their stakes in local banks and others buying in.

Lê Thị Thu Hằng from HCM City’s Gò Vấp District recently ordered a product displayed on an e-commerce marketplace from a supplier that had no e-commerce website.

Some commercial banks appreciated the US dollar after last week’s interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve (Fed). Experts, however, have said the exchange rate between the US dollar and Vietnamese đồng is likely to remain relatively stable throughout the year.

Saigon General Service Corporation (Savico) announced to the State Security Commission of Việt Nam and HCM City Stock Exchange that its taxi brand - ComfortDelgro Savico Taxi - has been closed to preserve funds and reengineer its taxi-related business plans.

Trường Hải Auto JSC (Thaco) inaugurated the Thaco Mazda automobile manufacturing plant, the biggest and most modern Mazda factory in Southeast Asia, in the central province of Quảng Nam on March 25 in the presence of Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index touched its new all-time high on Thursday but investors aired on the side of caution over fear global stocks would move this week amid a possible global trade war.

Vietnamese shares tumbled on Friday due to a massive sell-off as investors worried about a possible trade war between the US and China that could dampen global trade and economic growth.

Việt Nam and Oman are seeking to boost co-operation to reach its full potential, heard attendants of the third meeting of the Joint Committee on Economic and Technical Co-operation (JCETC) between Việt Nam and Oman held in Hà Nội yesterday.

More and more livestock farming companies are adopting VietGap and Global Gap standards to improve their efficiency as well as ensure food safety, according to global quality certification agency Bureau Veritas.

The State will have breakthroughs in the reform of legal regulations and business investment conditions for the domestic real estate market this year, according to experts.